Among all the categories, total two-wheeler sales increased by 10.7% from 226,643 units recorded in March 2016 to 250,979 units in March 2017. Domestic two-wheelers sales grew by 8.4% from 200,190 units in March 2016 to 216,995 units registered in March 2017.

Total two-wheelers registered sales of 206,247 units in February 2017 as against 211,148 units in February 2016. Domestic two-wheelers recorded sales of 172,611 units in February 2017 as against 183,199 units recorded in February 2016.

Dheeraj Hinduja, chairman at India’s second largest truck maker Ashok Leyland, prefers a low profile, but with managing director Vinod Dasari leaving at the end of the month, he says he’s become more “hands-on”.